switching majors too many times

[CompSciMath]

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Ok just a quick question. I originally started out as EE, then I went to computer engineering, then double major in computer science and math. Now I want to switch to chemistry. To say the least, I'm really fickle about my major. I've been successful in all my coursework, but then I always get stressed and want to change. Is this a little too much? Will that reflect poorly on my application?

 

[deleted307836]

Ok just a quick question. I originally started out as EE, then I went to computer engineering, then double major in computer science and math. Now I want to switch to chemistry. To say the least, I'm really fickle about my major. I've been successful in all my coursework, but then I always get stressed and want to change. Is this a little too much? Will that reflect poorly on my application?

Schools wouldn't actually see how often you've switched majors, AFAIK.

What's more important is... are you going to need extra time to graduate? What year are you currently?

 

[slatermd]

Schools wouldn't actually see how often you've switched majors, AFAIK.

What's more important is... are you going to need extra time to graduate? What year are you currently?

You'll only list the majors/minors you complete, but if you finish a chemistry major they may wonder why you have engineering courses on your transcript. You might have to explain that you switched majors, but you don't need to tell them your whole convoluted story.

 

[CompSciMath]

Oh... I was under the assumption they do since it is on my transcript. I'm a second semester sophomore, with scholarships to cover everything for another 2 years. I would most likely have take an extra semester to an year to graduate.

 

[Tappinfool66]

I'm the same way. I've changed my mind so many times and thought about doing so many different majors it's insane. Oddly enough, I'm strongly considering doing Chemistry now, too 😉

 

[Iapyx]

Oh... I was under the assumption they do since it is on my transcript. I'm a second semester sophomore, with scholarships to cover everything for another 2 years. I would most likely have take an extra semester to an year to graduate.

I have no factual basis for this, but for some reason I am pretty sure that they can see your major switches. I have vivid memories of many previous threads like this in which students were told that there frequent major changes would need to be explained to adcoms and could be adverse. But perhaps this was just one of my SDN dreams and never happened. Good Luck applying.

 

[HawaiiHereICome]

Ok just a quick question. I originally started out as EE, then I went to computer engineering, then double major in computer science and math. Now I want to switch to chemistry. To say the least, I'm really fickle about my major. I've been successful in all my coursework, but then I always get stressed and want to change. Is this a little too much? Will that reflect poorly on my application?

It probably won't come up (it didn't for me)... unless you took 8 years to get through undergrad because of all the switches. BTW, a biology major is most relevant to medical school. For example, the Immunology, Medical Micro, and Cell biology books I used during undergrad are the same used at a certain well known California med school.

 

[aSagacious]

I have no factual basis for this, but for some reason I am pretty sure that...

Argument premise WIN

 

[slatermd]

Oh... I was under the assumption they do since it is on my transcript. I'm a second semester sophomore, with scholarships to cover everything for another 2 years. I would most likely have take an extra semester to an year to graduate.

You'll want to have a simple explanation prepared and practiced in case it does come up, but it may not.

You're not the first person in the history of the world who switched majors to go into medicine, so it shouldn't be that big of a deal.

 

[the duck]

It probably won't come up (it didn't for me)... unless you took 8 years to get through undergrad because of all the switches. BTW, a biology major is most relevant to medical school. For example, the Immunology, Medical Micro, and Cell biology books I used during undergrad are the same used at a certain well known California med school.

OP shouldn't switch their major based mainly on what is "relevant" to medical school.

 

[HawaiiHereICome]

OP shouldn't switch their major based mainly on what is "relevant" to medical school.

Lol did I say he or she should? 🙄 Quack quack quack

 

[Geekchick921]

Oh... I was under the assumption they do since it is on my transcript. I'm a second semester sophomore, with scholarships to cover everything for another 2 years. I would most likely have take an extra semester to an year to graduate.

I believe schools do not see your transcripts unless you send them, either in an update, or after you are accepted and decide to matriculate. You send your official transcripts in to verify the grades in your AMCAS, but I don't think the schools see them, just the the primary application. It might be obviously that you switched majors based on the classes you are taking, but that's about it.

 

[hope_to_match]

Ok just a quick question. I originally started out as EE, then I went to computer engineering, then double major in computer science and math. Now I want to switch to chemistry. To say the least, I'm really fickle about my major. I've been successful in all my coursework, but then I always get stressed and want to change. Is this a little too much? Will that reflect poorly on my application?

I switched my majors around the first two years in college. It did take me longer to graduate, but at least I loved what I ended up studying.

And no it will not reflect your transcript in any way, med school will not see it on the transcript.